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Another LOL from Glieb: "Ryan Howard does still live." Ruben Amaro Jr. defends his roster: Read more on Philly.com › "We've had great support from our fans and they've been very supportive of our players," Amaro said. "But they have to understand that Ryan Howard does still live. He exists and he’s still part of our club. He's one of the most important parts of our club. "Will Ryan Howard hit 58 home runs? I doubt it. If he hits 30 home runs, I’ll take it. And that's exactly what I'm looking for from him."

Strange, strange concept I wonder if the Jays should consider that? Naw... better to just keep hoping someone will trade a top of the rotation starter for scraps

Tanaka won't be coming after all??? Fox Sports: - UPDATED DEC 19, 2013 9:26 AM ET Days after expressing his interest in joining Major League Baseball, it appears Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka will stay in Japan, according to multiple reports. AROUND THE HORN Rosenthal | Morosi | Buzz Several Japanese newspapers reported Thursday that the Rakuten Golden Eagles -- which control the rights to Tanaka until the end of 2015 –- will not allow major league teams to bid for him. Rakuten will, however, double or triple Tanaka’s current salary of approximately $4 million a year. The increase would make him the highest-paid Japanese pitcher in history. Tanaka, sources tell Fox Sports 1 Insider Ken Rosenthal, is the No. 1 target of at least three clubs - the Yankees, Diamondbacks and Rangers - and probably others. His lack of availability would lead some of those teams to redirect their money elsewhere; the Rangers, for example, could renew their pursuit of free-agent outfielder Shin-Soo Coo. Rakuten could post Tanaka after next season or keep him for two more years before he becomes a free agent, eligible to negotiate with any team in any league. If Rakuten does not relent with Tanaka, MLB’s decision to pressure Japanese baseball into accepting a maximum $20 million posting fee likely will draw increased scrutiny and criticism. http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/japanese-pitcher-masahiro-tanaka-not-joining-major-league-baseball-121913

"In house options", guys It may be all we've got

Oops Yep

It's better than a -3 WAR one like we had last year But still should have aimed higher, especially when the insane price of pitching became obvious

Seems that way, at the moment anyhow

Don't be silly. Just need some of this: http://www.ambrosiasw.com/assets/images/news/lightningshirt.gif

The Blue Jays are taking the same approach at second base, and for now appear content to take Ryan Goins and his plus-defence in some sort of job-share arrangement with Maicer Izturis. They talked to the Rangers about Ian Kinsler before Texas shifted gears and traded him to the Detroit Tigers for Prince Fielder, and kept tabs on Omar Infante and Mark Ellis, both of whom would likely have needed a premium on what they signed for to head north.

Oh boy http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/anthopoulos-may-be-serious-about-jays-in-house-options/

Rigghhhttt...

That's his usual MO, yes Yet he has traded for players with contracts that he wouldn't have handed out 2 years ago And the only way to REALLY make this team better in 2014 may just be to overpay for a free agent at this point. He seemed to even concede this in interviews last year but has not done it.

Would he be major league ready NOW? Yeah provably so by the sounds of the write up above

@Ken_Rosenthal: Source: #Indians getting LHP Josh Outman from #Rockies for Drew Stubbs.

Oh yeah somehow forgot about Soriano and Wells. Was thinking Soriano had only been a 1 year deal. They must have been planning to trade Gardner if Choo signed

Evil Empire

Actual info on Tolleson:

With money yes Choo, Ellsbury, Gardner, Beltran would be a F'n sweet OFF/revolving DH though

What luxury tax tax threshold, huh?

Is he playing OF or 1B in the DWL??

I might actually be OK with him as a backup OF and part time DH vs RHP But I'd be MORE ok with that if we'd done something about 2B

Moises Sierra continues to hit well in the Dominican, with a .331/.401/.441 line in 136 at bats but the bad news is that Sierra continues to lack power, hitting only one extra-base hit, a double, in the last 10 games and nothing since Dec. 6. He did go three for five yesterday with an RBI. Something that is nice to see from Sierra is the fact that he has a solid walk to strikeout ratio with 14 walks and 26 Ks.

http://ow.ly/rSFR9

Are the pitchers in this Venezuelan league generally decent? Or does it vary year to year I suppose.